"Well, what's got into you?" (Police Officer, Chorus)
Washington Choral Arts Society · Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus · Oratorio Society of Washington · National Symphony Orchestra · Mstislav Rostropovich
"Who are you abandoning us to, father?" (Chorus)
National Symphony Orchestra · Mstislav Rostropovich · Oratorio Society of Washington · Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus · Washington Choral Arts Society
"Orthodox people! The boyar is implacable ... Glory be to Thee, Most High Creator, on Earth!" (Shchelkalov, Chorus)
Lajos Miller · Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus · Mstislav Rostropovich · National Symphony Orchestra · Oratorio Society of Washington · Washington Choral Arts Society
"Did you hear what the godly people said?" (Mityukha, Police Officer, Chorus)
Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus · National Symphony Orchestra · Oratorio Society of Washington · Washington Choral Arts Society · Mstislav Rostropovich
"Long live Tsar Boris Fyodorovich!" (Shuisky, Chorus)
Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus · Mstislav Rostropovich · Washington Choral Arts Society · Kenneth Riegel · Oratorio Society of Washington · National Symphony Orchestra
"My soul grieves!" (Boris, Shuisky, Chorus)
Mstislav Rostropovich · Oratorio Society of Washington · Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus · Washington Choral Arts Society · National Symphony Orchestra · Kenneth Riegel · Ruggero Raimondi
"Strong and just Lord" (Chorus, Grigory, Pimen)
Oratorio Society of Washington · Paul Plishka · Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus · Mstislav Rostropovich · National Symphony Orchestra · Washington Choral Arts Society · Vyacheslav Polozov
"You have been writing all the time" (Grigory, Pimen)
Paul Plishka · Mstislav Rostropovich · National Symphony Orchestra · Vyacheslav Polozov
"Oh, I remember! ... Then I was sent to Uglich" (Pimen, Grigory)
Paul Plishka · Vyacheslav Polozov · Mstislav Rostropovich · National Symphony Orchestra
"They are ringing for matins ... Boris! Everyone trembles before you" (Chorus, Pimen, Grigory)
Paul Plishka · Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus · Oratorio Society of Washington · National Symphony Orchestra · Washington Choral Arts Society · Mstislav Rostropovich · Vyacheslav Polozov
"I've caught a smoky-blue drake" (Hostess)
"Christian folk, honest, godly folk" (Varlaam, Missail, Grigory, Hostess)
Misha Raitzin · Mstislav Rostropovich · Romuald Tesarowicz · Galina Vishnevskaya · Vyacheslav Polozov · National Symphony Orchestra
"Oh, in the town of Kazan" (Varlaam)
Mstislav Rostropovich · Romuald Tesarowicz · National Symphony Orchestra
"Counsel!" (Varlaam, Grigory, Hostess)
Galina Vishnevskaya · Vyacheslav Polozov · Romuald Tesarowicz · Mstislav Rostropovich · National Symphony Orchestra
"Who are you? ... Humble fathers, honest monks" (Police Officer, Varlaam, Missail, Grigory, Hostess)
Vyacheslav Polozov · Misha Raitzin · Romuald Tesarowicz · Stefan Szkafarowsky · Galina Vishnevskaya · Mstislav Rostropovich · National Symphony Orchestra
"What are you doing! Accursed rogues!" (Varlaam, Missail, Police Officer)
Misha Raitzin · Stefan Szkafarowsky · National Symphony Orchestra · Romuald Tesarowicz · Mstislav Rostropovich
"Where are you, my betrothed" (Xenia, Fyodor)
Catherine Dubosc · Matthew Adam Fish · Mstislav Rostropovich · National Symphony Orchestra
"Oh, that will do, my dear Tsarevna! ... A gnat was chopping wood" (Nurse)
National Symphony Orchestra · Mira Zakai · Mstislav Rostropovich
"Oh, nurse, dear nurse, what a story to tell! ... Clapping game" (Nurse, Fyodor)
Mira Zakai · Matthew Adam Fish · Mstislav Rostropovich · National Symphony Orchestra
"What's happening?" (Fyodor, Boris, Xenia)
Mstislav Rostropovich · Ruggero Raimondi · Catherine Dubosc · Matthew Adam Fish · National Symphony Orchestra
"How splendid, my son!" (Boris)
"Hey, shoo, shoo! ... What's going on?" (Nurse, Boris, Boyar, Fyodor)
Ruggero Raimondi · Mstislav Rostropovich · National Symphony Orchestra · Matthew Adam Fish · Mira Zakai · Thomas Booth
"It's all our parrot's fault" (Fyodor, Boris)
Matthew Adam Fish · Ruggero Raimondi · National Symphony Orchestra · Mstislav Rostropovich
"My son, my very own child!" (Boris, Shuisky, Fyodor)
Mstislav Rostropovich · Matthew Adam Fish · Kenneth Riegel · Ruggero Raimondi · National Symphony Orchestra
"No, I cannot ... I cannot, my child! Tsarevich, obey!" (Boris, Shuisky)
"Why, you do not believe me?" (Shuisky)
"Enough! Oh, I can hardly breathe!" (Boris)
"On the azure Vistula under a shady willow" (Chorus, Marina)
Galina Vishnevskaya · Mstislav Rostropovich · Oratorio Society of Washington · Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus · Washington Choral Arts Society · National Symphony Orchestra
"Enough! ... The beautiful lady is grateful" (Marina)
"I do not need you today, Rusya" (Marina)
"Ah! ... Oh, it is you, my father!" (Marina, Rangoni)
Mstislav Rostropovich · Nikita Storozhev · Galina Vishnevskaya · National Symphony Orchestra
"At midnight ... in the garden ... by the fountain ... " (Dmitry the Pretender, Rangoni)
Vyacheslav Polozov · Mstislav Rostropovich · Nikita Storozhev · National Symphony Orchestra
"Think again, Tsarevich ... And quickly we shall capture the domain of Muscovy!" (Rangoni, Marina, Chorus)
Oratorio Society of Washington · Galina Vishnevskaya · Nikita Storozhev · Mstislav Rostropovich · National Symphony Orchestra · Washington Choral Arts Society · Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus
"It is her! Marina!" (Marina, Dmitry the Pretender)
Vyacheslav Polozov · Galina Vishnevskaya · Mstislav Rostropovich · National Symphony Orchestra
"Well, is the mass over?" (Chorus, Mityukha)
Washington Choral Arts Society · Richard Cowan · Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus · National Symphony Orchestra · Oratorio Society of Washington · Mstislav Rostropovich
"Trrr, trrr, trrr" (Chorus, Simpleton)
Oratorio Society of Washington · Mstislav Rostropovich · Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus · Washington Choral Arts Society · Nicolai Gedda · National Symphony Orchestra
"Ah! Ah! They've offended God's Fool!" (Simpleton, Boris, Shuisky, Chorus)
Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus · Kenneth Riegel · Ruggero Raimondi · Washington Choral Arts Society · Nicolai Gedda · Mstislav Rostropovich · National Symphony Orchestra · Oratorio Society of Washington
"Most honorable boyars!" (Shchelkalov)
"Well? Let us pass sentence, boyars" (Chorus, Shuisky)
Oratorio Society of Washington · Washington Choral Arts Society · Mstislav Rostropovich · Kenneth Riegel · Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus · National Symphony Orchestra
"Oh, what are you saying, boyars!" (Shuisky, Chorus)
Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus · Oratorio Society of Washington · Washington Choral Arts Society · Mstislav Rostropovich · National Symphony Orchestra · Kenneth Riegel
"Keep away! Away!" (Boris, Shuisky, Chorus)
Washington Choral Arts Society · Mstislav Rostropovich · Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus · Kenneth Riegel · Oratorio Society of Washington · Ruggero Raimondi · National Symphony Orchestra
"Gracious Sovereign! ... My story will be simple and short" (Shuisky, Boris, Pimen)
"Oh, I can't breathe! ... Lord! Lord! Look down, I beseech Thee" (Boris)
"Weep, weep, people" (Chorus, Boris, Fyodor)
Matthew Adam Fish · Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus · Oratorio Society of Washington · Ruggero Raimondi · Mstislav Rostropovich · Washington Choral Arts Society · National Symphony Orchestra
"Down here! Sit down on the stump" (Chorus)
Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus · Mstislav Rostropovich · Washington Choral Arts Society · National Symphony Orchestra · Oratorio Society of Washington
"Trrr ... Iron cap, Iron cap" (Chorus, Simpleton)
Oratorio Society of Washington · Mstislav Rostropovich · Washington Choral Arts Society · Nicolai Gedda · Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus · National Symphony Orchestra
"The sun and moon have grown dim" (Missail, Varlaam, Chorus)
Oratorio Society of Washington · National Symphony Orchestra · Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus · Washington Choral Arts Society · Misha Raitzin · Romuald Tesarowicz · Mstislav Rostropovich
"Come away! Youthful vigour has run wild" (Chorus, Varlaam, Missail)
Misha Raitzin · Mstislav Rostropovich · Romuald Tesarowicz · Washington Choral Arts Society · National Symphony Orchestra · Oratorio Society of Washington · Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus
"Domine, Domine, salvum fac" (Lavitsky, Chernikovsky, Chorus)
Washington Choral Arts Society · Jacques Trigeau · Michel Pastor · Oratorio Society of Washington · National Symphony Orchestra · Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus · Mstislav Rostropovich
"What the deuce brings them here?" (Chorus, Missail, Varlaam, Lavitsky, Chernikovsky, Dmitry the Pretender, Krushchov, Simpleton)
Misha Raitzin · Michel Pastor · National Symphony Orchestra · Washington Choral Arts Society · Nicolai Gedda · Oratorio Society of Washington · Thomas Booth · Mstislav Rostropovich · Romuald Tesarowicz · Jacques Trigeau · Vyacheslav Polozov · Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus